abstract：:The development of the epidermis of sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus along the whole life cycle was studied using conventional staining techniques and lectin histochemistry. The epidermis undergoes variations in morphology and thickness throughout development. The simple cuboidal epithelium found in the epidermis of pro...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Rodríguez-Alonso R,Megías M,Pombal MA,Molist P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrhybopsis reproduction and propagule traits were studied in the laboratory using two temperature regimes and three hormone treatments to determine which methods produced the most spawns. Only sicklefin chub Macrhybopsis meeki spawned successfully although sturgeon chub Macrhybopsis gelida released unfertilized eggs...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Albers JL,Wildhaber ML

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports a previously undocumented mass spawning aggregation and group spawning phenomena of c. 1200 individual bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum in Palau, Micronesia. Although B. muricatum are protected in Palau, it is further recommended that management strategies should consider establishm...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Roff G,Doropoulos C,Mereb G,Mumby PJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian development was examined in relation to size and temperature in late pre-spawning Ammodytes marinus over 5 years. Oocyte diameter was positively related to length indicating that larger females spawned earlier. Age and temperature, whilst accounting for the effect of length, were not found to affect oocyte dev...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Boulcott P,Clarke J,Wright PJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many experiments, euthanasia, or humane killing, of animals is necessary. Some methods of euthanasia cause death through cessation of respiratory or cardiovascular systems, causing oxygen levels of blood and tissues to drop. For experiments where the goal is to measure the effects of environmental low oxygen (hypox...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Larter KF,Rees BB

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first record of pughead deformity in a Neotropical freshwater fish not raised in captivity is provided, based on an adult male of Cichla kelberi introduced into an estuary of Rio de Janeiro State, south-eastern Brazil. A general biological characterization of the specimen is provided and aspects of its aberrant an...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Catelani PA,Bauer AB,Di Dario F,Pelicice FM,Petry AC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight farmed Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus were tagged with temperature and depth transmitters inserted in chub mackerels Scomber colias to characterize their digestive activity, feeding physiology and behaviour in captivity. Results obtained in the experiment can be used to optimize daily T. thynnus feeding s...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Díez G,Moreno G,Galaz T,Dagorn L,Murua J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accelerometer technology was used to evaluate behaviours in the teleost ambush predator pike Esox lucius foraging on crucian carp Carassius carassius. Automated rule-based estimates of prey-size determined handling time were obtained and are compared with video-recorded behaviours. Solutions to tag attachment and the ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Van Deurs M,Andersson A,Vinterstare J,Didenko A,Persson A,Brönmark C,Nilsson PA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimaera carophila (n = 45) and Hydrolagus homonycteris (n = 11), two deep-sea chimaerids rarely caught in the waters off New Zealand, were collected from research trawl catches and commercial fishery catches around New Zealand at depths between 400 and 1300 m, between 2014 and 2016. Additional preserved specimens of ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Finucci B,Stevens DW,Jones EG,Dunn MR

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study tested the hypothesis of no delayed sublethal effects of mild angling and release on the feeding, growth, somatic condition and gonadal development of golden perch Macquaria ambigua during gametogenesis. Subsamples of adult M. ambigua (n = 17-21 of 207), originally captured from the wild and stocked ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Hall KC,Broadhurst MK,Butcher PA,Cameron L,Rowland SJ,Millar RB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined inter-period changes over two to three decades in the fish fauna of an urbanized estuary experiencing rapid population growth and a drying climate (Swan-Canning Estuary, Western Australia). Responses were compared at the fish community level (species composition; 1978-2009 in the shallows and 1993-...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Valesini FJ,Cottingham A,Hallett CS,Clarke KR

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta homing behaviour in a two-choice test tank (Y-maze) was monitored using a passive integrated transponder (PIT)-tag system in response to river-specific dissolved free amino-acid (DFAA) profiles and revealed that the majority of O. keta showed a preference for artificial natal-stream...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Chen EY,Leonard JBK,Ueda H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The behaviour of sexually mature Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus specimens (fifth farm generation) was observed in captivity for four consecutive days. Only agonistic interactions between males of different size were facilitated on the first 2 days, while both agonistic and courtship interactions were possible from th...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Bolgan M,O'Brien J,Picciulin M,Manning L,Gammell M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assigning relative importance of spawning and nursery habitats for threatened and endangered teleosts, such as those seen in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), relies on the proper identification of the early life-history stages of the species of concern. Here, sequencing a portion of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control regi...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： McKenzie JL,Alvarado Bremer JR

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth, physiology and skin pigmentation of pacamã Lophiosilurus alexandri juveniles were evaluated in an experiment using different tank colours (white, yellow, green, blue, brown and black) over an 80 day period. The tank colours did not cause significant differences to final body mass, total length, survival ra...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Costa DC,Mattioli CC,Silva WS,Takata R,Leme FO,Oliveira AL,Luz RK

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video cameras recorded the diurnal visitation rates of transient (large home range) piscivorous fishes to coral patch reefs in The Bahamas and identified 11 species. Visits by bar jack Caranx ruber, mutton snapper Lutjanus analis, yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus, barracuda Sphyraena barracuda and cero Scomberomor...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Harborne AR,Selwyn JD,Lawson JM,Gallo M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol storage and lipid and urea extraction had no effect on bluespotted maskray Neotrygon kuhlii muscle δ13 C values whereas urea-removal and ethanol storage increased δ15 N values. Results presented here show a significant δ15 N increase post-urea removal and provide additional support for this approach in future ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Burgess KB,Bennett MB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genotyping assay for the Ion Torrent Ion PGM platform was developed for fast and cost-effective targeted genotyping of key single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) earlier identified using a genome-wide SNP array in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. The method comprised a simple primer design step for multiplex-polymerase ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Aykanat T,Lindqvist M,Pritchard VL,Primmer CR

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration behaviour and estuarine mortality of cultivated Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts in a 16 km long estuary were studied using two methods: (1) acoustic telemetry and (2) group tagging in combination with trap nets. Progression rates of surviving individuals through the estuary were relatively slow using both...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Vollset KW,Mahlum S,Davidsen JG,Skoglund H,Barlaup BT

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the lunar cycle on prey availability, diet shifts and overlap between larval Anchovia clupeoides and Cetengraulis edentulus was evaluated in mangrove creeks of the Goiana Estuary. Copepod eggs were highly abundant in the first and last quarter, at the full moon and zoea of Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae)...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Lima AR,Barletta M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baltic cod Gadus morhua otoliths marked with oxytetracycline (OTC) in 1974-1975 had been sectioned and the sections stored in paper envelopes at room temperature in dry, dark conditions. After 40 years of storage, the historic OTC marks were still clearly visible showing that OTC is suitable for long-term chemical mar...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Krumme U,Bingel F

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The movements of adult Atlantic salmon Salmo salar were determined as they migrated to spawning habitats in a large lacustrine catchment, Lough Neagh, in Northern Ireland. The minimum average ground speed of S. salar through the lake was 2·1 km day(-1) and the mean residence time was 11 days. Tagged S. salar tended to...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Kennedy RJ,Allen M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether the body morphology of the tetra fish Astyanax lacustris (previously Astyanax asuncionensis) varied between populations inhabiting one lagoon (a lentic, shallow environment, with great habitat complexity created by aquatic macrophytes) and an adjacent river (a deeper, lotic environment ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Costa-Pereira R,Araújo MS,Paiva F,Tavares LE

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of the life history of the coral reef-dwelling cardinalfish Siphamia tubifer, from Okinawa, Japan, were defined. A paternal mouthbrooder, S. tubifer, is unusual in forming a bioluminescent symbiosis with Photobacterium mandapamensis. The examined S. tubifer (n = 1273) ranged in size from 9·5 to 43·5 mm...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Gould AL,Dougan KE,Koenigbauer ST,Dunlap PV

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catch and effort data from 29 418 longline sets from Brazilian tuna longline vessels operating in the south-western and equatorial Atlantic Ocean between 2004 and 2011 were analysed to investigate the distribution, catch rate and size of three species of hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna mokarran and Sphyrna ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Bezerra NP,Travassos P,Hazin FH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assemblages of roving herbivores were consistently different between eastern, warmer, sheltered sites and western, colder, more wave-exposed sites. At eastern sites, detritivorous-herbivorous species dominated while omnivores had the highest biomass and were dominant at western sites. Macroalgivores did not show any t...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Cordeiro CA,Mendes TC,Harborne AR,Ferreira CE

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Landmark-based geometric morphometrics were used to evaluate the effect of flow and depth in the water column on the body size and shape of Brycon henni from river and stream populations. The dendrogram showed that stream populations clustered apart and showed significantly smaller centroid size and narrower bodies th...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Restrepo-Escobar N,Hurtado-Alarcón JC,Mancera-Rodríguez NJ,Márquez EJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The remarkable fish diversity in the Caribbean rivers of north-western South America evolved under the influences of the dramatic environmental changes of neogene northern South America, including the Quechua Orogeny and Pleistocene climate oscillations. Although this region is not the richest in South America, endemi...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Jiménez-Segura LF,Galvis-Vergara G,Cala-Cala P,García-Alzate CA,López-Casas S,Ríos-Pulgarín MI,Arango GA,Mancera-Rodríguez NJ,Gutiérrez-Bonilla F,Álvarez-León R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was hypothesized that the structural heterogeneity provided by submerged trees positively favours the spatial distribution of fish abundance at early stages of development in an area under the influence of a Neotropical reservoir in the Paraná River basin. The distribution at early stages of development of the most...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Gogola TM,Daga PS,Gubiani ÉA,da Silva PL,Sanches PV

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pethia sanjaymoluri, a new cyprinid, is described from the Pavana and Nira tributaries of Bhima River, Krishna drainage, Maharashtra, India. It can be distinguished from congeners by a combination of characteristics that includes an incomplete lateral line, absence of barbels, upper lip thick and fleshy, 23-25 lateral...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Katwate U,Jadhav S,Kumkar P,Raghavan R,Dahanukar N

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substrate specificity in the seminal plasma and testes fluids of the common carp Cyprinus carpio was determined using gelatin, casein, albumin and haemoglobin. Proteolytic profiles of the testes and seminal plasma were compared. Different ranges of pH (5·5-9·5) and temperature (4-37° C) were used during incubations of...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Cejko BI,Słowińska M,Judycka S,Kowalski RK

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variability and differences in wild striped snakehead Channa striata from Malaysia were analysed by genotyping nine novel nuclear microsatellite loci. Analysis revealed moderate-to-high genetic diversity in most of the populations, indicative of large effective population sizes. The highly diversified populati...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Tan MP,Jamsari AF,Siti Azizah MN

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mechanistic, prey surface-dependent model was expanded to describe the course and rate of gastric evacuation in predatory fishes feeding on crustacean prey with robust exoskeletons. This was accomplished by adding a layer of higher resistance to the digestive processes outside the inner softer parts of a prey cylind...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Andersen NG,Chabot D,Couturier CS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A revised diagnosis for the smiliogastrin genus Clypeobarbus is provided and a new species, Clypeobarbus breviclipeus, from the Kwilu River (Kasai Basin) of central Africa, is described. Another species co-occurring in the Kwilu system, 'Barbus' matthesi, shares all diagnostic morphological synapomorphies of Clypeobar...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Stiassny ML,Sakharova H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Otolith δ(18)O profiles for four slickhead species (Alepocephalidae) suggested that Alepocephalus umbriceps, Talismania okinawensis and Rouleina watasei migrated hundreds of metres to shallower depths during the juvenile to young stages before returning to their original depth or even deeper waters. Xenodermichthys no...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Shiao JC,Liu EY,Sui TD

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to compare American eel Anguilla rostrata life history in two inland river systems in Arkansas, U.S.A., that ultimately discharge into the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River and the Red-Atchafalaya catchments. From 21 June 2011 to 24 April 2014, 238 yellow-phase A. rostrata were captur...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Cox CA,Quinn JW,Lewis LC,Adams SR,Adams GL

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinal development of the gilthead seabream Sparus aurata has been analysed from late embryonic development to juvenile stages using classical histological and immunohistological methods. Five significant phases were established. Phases 1 and 2 comprise the late embryonic and hatching stages, respectively. The re...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Pavón-Muñoz T,Bejarano-Escobar R,Blasco M,Martín-Partido G,Francisco-Morcillo J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Needlefishes (Beloniformes) were observed employing a range of stalking and attacking behaviours to attack schools of bait fishes ranging from the use of tactics common to predatory fishes to a novel behaviour: the use of leaping, aerial attacks. These aerial attacks are suggested to serve two purposes: to extend the ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Day RD,Mueller F,Carseldine L,Meyers-Cherry N,Tibbetts IR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural abundance stable-isotope analysis (δ(13)C and δ(15)N) and C:N ratios were used to study the ammocoete phase of two common non-parasitic lamprey species (least brook lamprey Lampetra aepyptera and American brook lamprey Lethenteron appendix) in two tributaries of the Ohio River (U.S.A.). The C:N ratios suggest ...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Evans TM,Bauer JE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic rate is a critical factor in animal biology and ecology, providing an objective measure that can be used in attributing a cost to different activities and to assessing what animals do against some optimal behaviour. Ideally, metabolic rate would be estimated directly by measuring heat output but, until recen...

journal_title：Journal of fish biology

authors： Metcalfe JD,Wright S,Tudorache C,Wilson RP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00